I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
By: Kim Bo-young
3.73
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Two worlds, four stories, infinite possibilities In this mind-expanding work of speculative fic…
Want to Read $ 9.99"People said this was the end of the world. I disagreed. It was simply the end of the human race. People said the gods had abandoned the world. I disagreed. Divine attention had simply shifted from us to other creatures."-Kim Bo-young, I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
"Now people refused to believe that they and the world were one and the same. That they and the Other were one and the same. They thought themselves alone, and drunk in their solitude, they questioned why they, whose greatness should have matched that of the universe, were so small and insignificant."-Kim Bo-young, I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
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1. Spirits Abroad
By: Zen Cho
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- fantasy
2. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- fantasy
- science fiction
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
3. The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
By: Yu Chen
3.85
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
4. Whale
By: Cheon Myeong-Kwan
3.96
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
While "Whale" begins with Chunhee, a mysterious young brickmaker of imposing physicality who cannot… read more
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- asia
- short stories
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- asian literature
- fantasy
5. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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- asia
- adult
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
6. A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays
By: Cixin Liu
3.54
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
"We’re mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and f… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
7. Mater 2-10
By: Hwang Sok-yong
3.67
Format: 486 pages, Paperback
International Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epi… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- fiction
8. Flowers of Mold
By: Ha Seong-nan
3.54
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Praised for her meticulous descriptions and ability to transform the mundanity of everyday life int… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
9. Tower
By: Bae Myung-hoon
3.65
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Tower is a series of interconnected stories set in Beanstalk, a 674-story skyscraper and sovereign … read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- science fiction
"Ho tirato fuori una cosa scritta a ventisette anni. Ero un ragazzo insofferente. Non mi stava bene nulla. Tutto era colpa delle vecchie generazioni. Li criticavo, li insultavo... Quando mi dicevano «…"-Bae Myung-hoon, Tower
10. Green Frog: Stories
By: Gina Chung
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- fantasy
11. I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
By: Kim Bo-young
3.73
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Two worlds, four stories, infinite possibilities In this mind-expanding work of speculative fic… read more
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- romance
- asia
- adult
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- science fiction
"People said this was the end of the world. I disagreed. It was simply the end of the human race. People said the gods had abandoned the world. I disagreed. Divine attention had simply shifted from us…"-Kim Bo-young, I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
"Now people refused to believe that they and the world were one and the same. That they and the Other were one and the same. They thought themselves alone, and drunk in their solitude, they questioned…"-Kim Bo-young, I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
12. Ocean's Godori
By: Elaine U. Cho
3.67
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori
13. I Went To See My Father
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- adult
- fiction
14. Violets
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.60
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a gir… read more
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- asian literature
- adult
- fiction
"Only my death can make her love me. And if I have to die, I’ll die right here,"-Shin Kyung-Sook, Violets
15. The Plotters
By: Kim Un-Su
3.58
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
From the novelist dubbed "the Korean Henning Mankell" (The Guardian) comes a fantastical crime nove… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- adult
- fiction
"Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage."-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"That's life. Not much to it. Just one big stinking, filthy squalid mess. But once you get a taste of it - ah! Then it's not so bad. Sometimes it's even delicious."-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"He believed that people should emulate whales. He said that people had grown as small and crafty as rats , and that the days of taking slow, huge, beautiful strides had vanished, The age of giants wa…"-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"But just as a vaccine company facing bankruptcy will ultimately survive not by making the world's greatest vaccine but, rather, the world's worst virus, so, too, did bodyguard and security firms need…"-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
16. Counterweight
By: Djuna
3.06
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
17. Goodnight Tokyo
By: Atsuhiro Yoshida
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metrop… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
18. People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories
By: Ao Omae
3.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, thoughtful, and always surprising short story collection from a rising young star in the w… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- asian literature
- adult
19. To the Warm Horizon
By: Jin-Young Choi
3.48
Format: 173 pages, Paperback
A group of Koreans are making their way across a disease-ravaged landscape—but to what end? To the … read more
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- romance
- asia
- fiction
- asian literature
- science fiction
"What misfortune wants is for me to mistreat myself. To look down on myself and destroy myself. I'll never come to resemble this disaster. I won't live as the disaster wants me to live."-Jin-Young Choi, To the Warm Horizon
20. Toward Eternity
By: Anton Hur
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
21. The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
By: Cho yeeun
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious … read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
- fantasy
"I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?"-Cho yeeun, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
